Dialoge 20-13 - Kolkata von Sasha Waltz / Padmini Chettur / Mahler Chamber Orchestra Photo: Martin Wälde

Explore Culture

We promote cultural exchange between Germany and Lebanon. We initiate film series, exhibitions, concerts, seminars and festivals which involve bilateral artistic production, reception and reflection.

Projects

Perspectives © Goethe-Institut

Perspectives

“Perspectives” is the new online multimedia magazine of the Goethe-Institutes in the Region North Africa and Middle East. In cooperation with “Qantara.de”, “Perspectives” will be published quarterly in Arabic, German, English and French, each time with a focus on a compelling topic.

Backstory © Goethe-Institut Libanon

Backstory

BACKSTORY The Film Residency, in cooperation with Beirut Art Residency (BAR) and Metropolis Cinema supports young filmmakers from the Middle East, North Africa and Germany.

Beirut Short Stories © KFW Stiftung/Goethe-Institut Libanon

Beirut Short Stories 2018

Following the success of Beirut Short Stories in 2016 and 2017, the project to promote young literary talent in the Middle East will continue in Beirut in 2018. 

Ideas Box © Public Works

Ideas Box

Goethe-Institut Libanon introduced an IDEAS BOX in 2017 to support displaced and marginalised children and young people who have limited or no access to libraries or other sources of informal education.

BibBus BibBus

Bibbus

The BibBus, provided by the Goethe-Institut Lebanon, brings books, games, and entertainment to refugee children and adolescents in Lebanon to stir their creativity and imagination and to provide them with sustainable access to education.

Menschen sitzen in einer Reihe und nehmen an einer Kunstperformance teil © Alia Haju

Laboratory of Arts

Syrian artists need support, especially in exile. Therefore the Goethe-Institut Lebanon is cooperating the Syrian organisation Ettijahat – Independent Culture and providing cultural grants for artists.

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Soccer Camp 2018

Football inspires children and adolescents worldwide and can also playfully impart values such as tolerance, respect and fair play. 

The Hamburg Kitchen Sessions meet the Arabic Music Sessions © www.katjaboehm.de

Music spaces in the Arab World

Living rooms turn into concert halls, kitchens morph into auditoriums. Popular entertainers jamming on couches, up-and-coming artists showcasing their skills between coffee tables and bookcases.

German Traces in Lebanon © Goethe-Institut Libanon

Traces of Germany in Lebanon

The project shines a light on the history of German-Lebanese interactions and shows that encounters between Lebanese and German people are part of a shared past.

Übersetzen als Kulturaustausch – Arabisch Goethe-Institut

goethe.de/uak-arabisch
 Cultural Exchange - Arabic translations

German books translated into Arabic. Information and background information about authors, publishers, translators and book market.

Musikschule © Mwafak Maklad

Music School

In 2016, the Goethe-Institut Lebanon opened a music school to sponsor and support musical training for talented Syrian, Lebanese and Palestinian children and adolescents in Lebanon. 

Mein Buch – mein Lehrer © Goethe-Institut, Grafik: René Arbeithuber

My Book – My Teacher

As part of the “My book – my teacher” project, over 24,500 books are to be handed out for free to refugee children, allowing them to partake in literature and thereby kindling the joy of reading.